A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology confirms a strong link between moderate alcohol intake and a reduced risk of death. Why can’t prohibitionist diehards [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Why I’ll never give up eating fruit
For years, many nutritionists, health practitioners, and even chemists told us all types of sugar are the same. They said whether you eat an apple or a cookie, you metabolize it the same way. Now [...]
Harness the power of your brain for healing
The mind-body connection garners little respect from mainstream medicine. And for many decades during the 20th century, doctors discounted the influence of “mind over matter,” when it comes to [...]
Why you should stop throwing out your old drugs
How many times have you been hectored and hounded to discard and replace “expired,” expensive prescription drugs? Is it really necessary? Probably not, according to new research published in the [...]
How to choose healthy indoor lighting
Now that we’re into October, it’s staying dark for a bit longer in the mornings and getting dark earlier in the evenings. We’ll make use of more and more indoor lighting as we move ahead into [...]
Three pieces of bad advice from your cardiologist
Let’s say you’re concerned about heart disease because you have a family history…or simply because it remains the nation’s No. 1 killer and you want to try to prevent it. So, you go to your [...]
5 outright lies in new health documentary
A popular, new documentary on Netflix What the Health is getting a lot of attention in the press. It touts a vegetarian diet and blames meat for the country’s skyrocketing disease and obesity [...]
The lifesaving cancer scan bureaucrats don’t want you to have
As I’ve reported before, we know how to cut death rates for the nation’s No. 1 cancer killer by a whopping 20 percent with annual CT scans. In fact, if all at-risk patients got this new safe and [...]
Six herbs for high blood pressure management
As I reported yesterday, a recent study found that cannabis use more than triples the risk of dying from hypertension. But there’s some good news about other natural herbs… Many actually lower [...]
“Harmless drug” linked to three-fold increase in risk of dying from hypertension
As the widespread usage and (some legal) acceptance of marijuana continues to grow throughout the country, so do my concerns about its dangers. In fact, according to a new study, marijuana users [...]